Table 3.

Patient recurrence rates with regard to treatment modality [6–20].

Definitive treatment modality	Number of cases					Length of follow-up (years)			Recurrence rate
	Follow-up reported	REC	NED	AWD	DOD	Mean	Median	Range
Open resection ([7–10, 13, 15–18, 20], present case)	11	0	10	0	0	3.1	3	0.5–6.3	0%
Endoscopic resection only [6, 14]	2	7	0	2	0	2	2	1–3	100%
Incomplete resection [11, 12]	2	5	1	0	1	7.3	7.3	0.5–14.0	100%
Endoscopic resection + XRT [19]	1	0	1	0	0	7	7	7	0%
Overall	16	12∗	13	2	1	4.8	5	0.5–14.0	75%

XRT: external beam radiation therapy; REC, recurrence; NED, no evidence of disease; AWD, alive with disease; DOD, died of disease. ^∗Multiple recurrences in small number of patients.